HRM in the Global South A Critical Perspective

This edited collection offers an insight into the dynamic of HRM in thirteen developing countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Taking readers through the realities of HRM in the global South, the book identifies the significance of contexts, diversity of cultures, and dissimilarity of processes in managing people. In other words, the book addresses general issues of HRM in cross-national settings to give readers an understanding of HR that is comparative and country-specific. Covering issues in Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, China, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Bahrain, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, and Argentina, each chapter draws out the unique and diverse configurations of HRM in each country. Also examining digital HRM, technology-based entrepreneurship, gig work, artificial intelligence and digitalization in business practice, this book is an invaluable resource for all HRM practitioners, policymakers, students, HRM scholars, international HRM, international business, and business managers across the globe.  

Part 1. Introduction.

1. Introduction: Context Matters in Human Resource Management

- Toyin Ajibade Adisa, Chima Mordi, and Gbolahan Gbadamosi

Part 2. The Africa World.

2. Human Resource Management in Nigeria: A Review and Conceptual Model

- Gbolahan Gbadamosi and Toyin Ajibade Adisa

3. Human Resource Management and Employee Outcomes in Egypt

- Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa

4. Human Resource Management in South Africa: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

- Nasima Mohamed Hoosen Carrim, Karel Stanz, and Deborah K. Brown

Part 3. The Middle-Eastern World.

5. Human Resource Management in the United Arab Emirates: Towards a Better Understanding - -- Osama Khassawneh and Mohamed-Osman Shereif Mahdi Abaker

6. Gender Discrimination in Bahrain: Implications for Human Resource Management

- Chima Mordi, Hakeem Ajonbadi, Esam Ismail Al-Alawi, and Layla Faisal Al-Halwachi

7. Human Resource Management in Jordan: Challenges and Future Prospects

- Tamara Mohammad and Tamer K. Darwish

Part 4. The Asian and South American World

8. The Scope and Nature of Employee Engagement in China

- Xi Wen Chan, Chao Ma, Sudong Shang, and Xuchu Liu

9. Human Resource Management in the Twenty-First Century: Present Stand and the Emerging Trends in Indian Organizations

- Bishakha Majumdar, Sushanta Kumar Mishra, and Pawan Budhwar

10. High Commitment HR Practices in Malaysian SMEs

- Wee Chan Au

11. Cultural Perspectives on Intrinsic Motivation and HRM Practices in Pakistan

- Sana Usmani, Hakeem Ajonbadi, and Chima Mordi

12. Human Resource Management in Argentina: Challenges and Prospective

- Maria Camila Botero, Mariana Elisa Politti, and Gisela Isabel Delfino

Part 5. Digital Human Resource Management, Trade Union and Artificial Intelligence.

13. The Acceptance and Practicality of Digital HRM in Nigeria

- Toyin Ajibade Adisa, Olatunji David Adekoya, Issa Abdulraheem, and Chima Mordi

14. Digital Human Resource Management in Egypt Ghada El-Kot, Mike Leat, and Shaimaa Masry

15.  Trade Union Revitalisation: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Gig Economy

- Michael Oyelere, Adejoke Ige-Olaobaju, and Rashmi Maini

Dr. Toyin Ajibade Adisa is a senior lecturer in HRM/OB at UEL. He teaches and researches issues in comparative human resource management, employment relations and reforms in emerging and developing economies. Toyin is a senior fellow of Higher Education Academy, a fellow of Chartered Management Institute (CMI), member of British Academy of Management (BAM) and a member of Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD). Toyin’s primary research interests lie in the broad academic disciplines of human resource management, workplace behaviour, and employee relations. Toyin is also the Co-Editor of Work-Life Interface (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).   

Dr Chima Mordi is an Associate Professor and Director for Doctoral programmes at the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel University, UK. His key research examines Human Resource Management and Employment Relations in emerging economies. Chima has authored/co-authored over 100 articles in highly rated academic international journals including Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Managerial Psychology, International Journal of Human Resource Management, European Management Review, Gender, Work and Organisation. Chima is a recipient of several awards including Emerald award for Research Excellence. He is an Academic member of the UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.